Does the edition of Windows7 effect performance?

logicearth said:

NoN said:

If you plan gaming and need that extra ram memory installed i suggest you the Professional Edition. That will be far enough.

Nah Home Premium is just fine. Is one going to need more then 16 GBs on RAM at this time to play games? No? I didn't think so.

I was really just wanting to know, not considering the RAM amount, if the difference of features in different editions of Windows 7 x64 would increase or decrease over all performance.

IF they did, can I completely disable features that I do not use in my current version to increase performance? Would it cause weird conflicts?

How would I know how much RAM or CPU usage i'm saving by doing so?

Thanks a lot for all responses.

Ivan the SoSo said:

Most of the extra features are for Business users and bragging rights(extra ram excluded),however by the time 16+ ram is common people will say....Windows 7!?!? You Still Running THAT!?!?!?

Bad ideal to muck around disabling features on Windows 7...

lol I completely agree with the "You still running THAT?!?" comment concerning win7 and that much RAM. Won't be long until that conversation occurs at the rate technology is moving now though.

I figured i'd ask about the removal of the features because i'm the type that, if i don't want it or won't need it in the near future, I don't want it on my computer. I kind of figured it wouldn't be a smart idea to remove 'em, still gotta ask though.

Thx for your reply

You can go to the location shown in the pic below and turn off some or all of the eye candy to gain some advantage. But I don't think that is version-dependent.

I have most of mine turned off.

Golden said:

IaskQuestions said:

I have heard that some features that come with different editions of windows usually networking features can cause vulnerabilities, but you can combat that by using stealth ports with your firewall, correct?

No, I'm not sure that is correct. All your router ports should be in stealth mode (in my opinion) anyway, regardless of which version of Windows 7 you are using.

Of course, better safe than sorry. But is it indeed possible that some of the features windows comes with automatically end up making your system more vulnerable? Stealth Ports is something basic. Say for instance, putting java on your machine opens you up to all kinds of new threats. As far as im concerned the safest defense vs vulnerabilities is to run virtual machines? LoL. IDK i'm just speculating. Over here on cloud 9.

Thanks for your response. All of 'em are always welcome.